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Add container

Add group

Group

Change kind

Location

Locations

Physical places a container can be, like “Garage” or “Office.” Assign one to a container from its row on the Containers screen.

Container kinds

A kind names a type of container and the sections it is divided into, like a cube with a front and a back. A kind can’t be changed once made — clone it to add or remove sections.

New kind

Leave blank for a container that isn’t divided. Books in a clone’s unchanged sections stay put when you switch a container to it.

Group templates

The containers a kind of shelf unit always has. Pick a template in Add group and each container is created for you, named after the group.

New template

Containers, in order

Each name is added to the end of the group’s name: “-UL” in a group named “K2 #3” makes “K2 #3-UL.” The kind sets the sections that container starts with.

Rename

Container label

Label stock

Add book

Add books to

New books from Add book are shelved here. Choose “Not shelved” to catalogue them without a container.

Edit book

Inventory Management

Bulk operations on your book catalog.

Check inventory

Pick a container, then scan every book that's physically in it. Shelvr checks each scan against what it expects to find there.

Inventory check:

Book data refreshed

Move

Cloud sync

Sign in to your Shelvr server to keep this device in step with your others. A session is kept on this device; your password isn't, unless you choose to remember it below.

ISBNdb

Optional. Set an API key from isbndb.com to use it for ISBN lookups; Open Library is always the fallback if it's unset or unavailable.

Caps how many ISBNs a single batch lookup (e.g. bulk scan) sends in one request. Match it to your plan: 10 (Academic), 100 (Basic), or 1,000 (Pro and above).

Bulk scan

Scan a stack of books in a row. Each scanned ISBN is shelved into the container below (or left unshelved); scan a container's own label at any time to switch where new scans go.

Confirm bulk scan

Scan a barcode

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Shelvr

Know which shelf, every time.

Home

Track which container every book lives in. Build your containers and books on their tabs — on a phone, Add book can scan the ISBN and fill in the title and authors for you.

Cloud sync keeps this device's library in step with your others.

ISBNdb can be used for ISBN lookups instead of Open Library.

Containers

Every cube, box, or bin you keep books in.

Books

Tap a book to move it to a different container.

Adding to: Not shelved